He went to sea in the service of the East India Company before 1755.
He entered the Royal Navy in 1755.
He was appointed as an Admiral RN in 1787.
He was appointed as one of the Lords of the Admiralty c1792. (He was retired in 1796.)
DeArmond, R.N. (1989)
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